shotgun
猎枪,霰弹枪,散弹枪,霰弹炮
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Definitions
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- : a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- : Football. an offensive formation, designed primarily for passing situations, in which the backfield is spread out with the quarterback positioned a few yards behind the center and the other backs, as potential pass receivers, positioned as slotbacks or flankers.
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- : of, pertaining to, used in, or carried out with a shotgun: a shotgun murder; shotgun pellets.
- : covering a wide area in an irregularly effective manner without concern for details or particulars; tending to be all-inclusive, nonselective, and haphazard; indiscriminate in choice and indifferent to specific results: He favored the shotgun approach in his political attacks.
- : seeking a desired result through the use or inclusion of a wide variety of elements.
- : having all the rooms opening one into the next in a line from front to back: shotgun apartment; shotgun cottage.
- : gained or characterized by coercive methods.
Phrases
- ride shotgun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The only guns allowed are shotguns, guns for research purposes and guns for competition.
An officer fired his shotgun once, shattering the hand in which she was holding the knife.
During the night of the storm, residents recalled hearing “shotgun-like” snapping of tree limbs, with many limbs crashing down on roofs.
The Ravens, who have lost two of three games, may also use Lamar Jackson less frequently in the shotgun after having issues with snaps last week.
Officers were looking for anything related to the shooting in Portland, Brady said, and recovered a shotgun bag.
This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.
Abarca blasted him in the face and the chest with a shotgun.
Despite the confusion on terminology, Grimes does appear to exercise solid technique with her shotgun.
The ex-wife was accused of no wrongdoing, especially after she produced a shotgun that she said also belonged to Morgan.
In the Middle East, a cheetah riding shotgun in the plush leather seat of a luxury sports car is the ultimate status symbol.
Then suddenly he would shift shotgun for rifle and come home with a bearskin in the wagon.
The Whitmore double-barrel breech-loading was designed, and later developed into the Remington breech-loading .